The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE two sTATI S to ID
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Young Man Accioea. ~ Killed IN
Cherokee County--A Gi...Jr of Ma
con Assigns-Gov. Gordon to Insti-
tute Suit Against Hon. James NJ.
Smith-Advised to Whip a Lunatic
GEORGIA.
A horse and buggy can be hired at Bruins
wick for two hours for 81.
On Jan ! next McIntosh's new SIC, 900
Jail win be ready for Offenders.
The State and county tax will be 81 % on
the 500 in Mcintosh county this year.
Darien now needs fine hotel and it will
not be great while before she will be sup
piled with one.
The sixth reunion of the Eighteenth
Georgia Regiment at AcwOrth, Friday, was
a grand success.
There are about 5000 cross-ties on the
wharf in Darien waiting the arrival of
vessel to take them North.
Danielsville is having a big revival, and
a great many have joined the church The
revival will last for some time.
If the General Assembly sits until the
middle of October, as it is generally believed
that it will. the adjourned session will cost
the State over 100000.
A former member of the Legislature, now
living in Athens, has an autograph album
with all the names of the members. Several
of them made their ''x "
The architects, Messrs McMurphy and
Story, are hard at work on the plans for
Augustus new theatre. The plans will be
ready so as to go to work Oct l.
Among the excursionists at Brunswick,
Saturday, from Pine Bloom, were two fat
colored children, brother and sister, one a
boy of years, weighing 125 pounds, and
girl of {. weighing 2l0 pounds
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''crack' shots of his section. He killed
seven cartridges last week ''on the wing"
in two shots He bagged the same day
thirteen birds III fifteen minutes hunting.
On Doboy Island, last Tuesday, Alfred
Smith tcoloredl shot and killed Joe Allen,
who was drunk and advancing on him with
a razor. 1t is considered a case of self-de-
Tense. but the Coroner's jury says: "Willful
shooting
Fresh tracks of a large bear have been re-
Gently seen in the river swamp, just above
Troupville, i'm the vicinity Of the place
where one of those rare animals for this
section was seen last summer No effort
has been made to hunt him down.
A drummer accidentally dropped a hand
some watch into a sewer through a sink, at
Americas, Saturday As the watch could
not be recovered without tearing down
brick building, the travelling man pocketed
Ills lOSS IllOoDfllCtllN ana went on MS way.
leaving it where it fell.
For some time past considerable rivalry
has existed between the colored military
companies of Macon, and to settle the mat
ter definitely the Lincoln Guards have chal-
lenged the Bibb County Blues and Central
City Light Infantry to drill against them
for either $40, So or $780, b.
There is a lady in Georgia town who
has been married four times, is a widow
now, and, it is reported is engaged to
young man. She is a widow her fourth
time. and has been divorced twice. The
young men jokingly tell that she KILLED
two of her husbands and let two get away
Louis Lowenthal, the tailor, whose place
is on the corner of Cherry and Cotton
avenue, Macon, has made an assignment in
favor of Sam Baer. His liabilities amount
to S., 900, of which $1,000 goes to preferred
creditors. His assets consists of stock and
fixtures to the amount OF 81 $50, and out
standing debts $500, making $500.
R. A. Brantley has challenged John H.
Polhill, of Atheni TO } twenty miles for
the bicycle championship of the South, for
500 a side, said race to take place the first
week in September on track at Athens MIR.
Polhill at once accepted the challenge, and
the race has been arranged to come Off in
Athens, at the Fair grounds, on Friday,
Sept. 9.
Three new post offices have just been es-
tablished in Wilkes county called Metas-
vile, Adasburg and Bessieton-the first at
Rehoboth, the second at Strothers and the
third at Ebenezer. The service will be tri-
weekly-on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. Thomas Albea is postmaster at
Metasville, Robert Barzsdale at Adasburg,
and w. G. Tatom at Bessieton.
The men who carry the mails to the coun-
try towns are the poorest paid in the SER
vice. The carrier to WatBinsvile gets only
about SOC. per day, and this will not pay
for the wear and tear TO the horse and
> buggy. The contracts are generally given
TO some firm up North, and they sub-let it
to some one who can hardly live on what
they get The contractors make the money
out of 1t.
In certain localities of Rome it is becom-
ing dangerous for young men TO call of
evenings at any of the residences TO see
young ladies if they do not happen TO belong
to a certain gang. If he does, this gang is
liable at any moment to pounce upon him
and from their hiding places in the dark
ness throw rocks and brickbats at him.
The Bulletin threatens to publish a list of
the offenders
Saturday coroners jury held an inquest
over the body of negro named Holstun,
who was murdered Friday. on Lucius Love-
lace's place, three miles from West Point, by
his wife's brother, Peter Story The murder
grew out of a family broil Holstun, it
seems, slapped his wife, and her brother.
Peter, resented it by cutting Holstun to
death with knife. Story has not been ap-
pretended.
At Lexington, a few days ago, Oscar
Wheeles, of Simston district, shot and killed
the fine Spanish jack belonging to j. w.
Echols. The animal had jumped into Mr.
Wheeles' pasture, and, being vicious to-
wards horses and mules had caught Mr.
Wheeles' mule and was literally chewing
him up. Mr.. Wheeles tried every way to
get him away, but nothing availed save the
treatment he gave him.
Saturday Gov. Gordon affixed his sigma
ture to the following acts passed by the Cen
eral Assembly: An act TO incorporate the
First State Bank of Dawson, Ga. an act to
amend an act to incorporate the Capital
City Land and Improvement Company, so
ms to change its name to the Capital City
Bank, of Atlanta, Ga. also a resolution for
the relief OF the Hartford Steam Boiler In
spection and Insurance Company.
The A. L. Crawford, a steamboat used
for the purpose of hauling wood for the
Gadsden Furnace Company, sunk Satur-
day. The place of the accident, which oc-
CURED at O'Clock in the afternoon is a
rock at Hokes bluff. which is about twenty
miles above Gadsdeu This steamboat. two
ware aun t.lta1 hat xxyaa,, Rnp,a aud Col.